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The interdisciplinary sonic art installation incorporates field experiments investigating very-low-frequency radio emissions, unmanned aerial vehicles, and impromptu sound art performances transmitted to remote listening stations. Ruehlen uses aerial technology as a courier system and an “acoustic prosthetic” that utilizes the quadcopter as a tool for capturing the auditory potential of the atmosphere with the aid of extended, ground-to-sky antennas. He describes this as a psychogeographical project with the objective of demonstrating an aesthetic listening experience, which illuminates natural materials hidden from human perceptual faculties. Grand Theatre Company Presents:
The Wonderettes
AUG. 16–SEPT. 8, GRANDTHEATRECOMPANY.COM GRAND THEATRE, SLCC
Follow four girls, with voices as big as their hair and personalities as kooky as their crinoline skirts, from prom night to their 10year reunion. Learn about their lives and loves as they serenade classic hits including “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid” and “Lipstick on Your Collar.” Featuring over 30 classic 1950s and ‘60s hits, you’ll smile ear-toear with this musical trip down memory lane. Utah Museum of Fine Arts Presents:
Marisa Morán Jahn: Mirror / Mask
AUG. 16–DEC. 9, UMFA.UTAH.EDU UMFA, UOFU
Mirror/Mask is a project by New York City-based artist Marisa Morán Jahn (Studio REV-) whose work uses mirrored masks to explore how we see ourselves reflected — or distorted — in others. It delves into ideas of
identity, presentation, and self-reflection through an immersive exhibition in the ACME Lab as well as works juxtaposed with UMFA objects in the permanent galleries. Jahn cites her interest in Asian, African, and Greek rituals and dramaturgy masks as influences for the artwork. Jahn’s interventions of sculpture, performance, photography, moving GIFs, and video into the museum’s permanent collections of European portraiture, Egyptian funerary objects, and African works raise questions about how we present ourselves (whether in painting or selfies) and imagine the other. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Presents:
exceptional sculptors. The exhibit includes new work by Jim Jacobs, John Hess, Brian Christensen, Anne Gregerson, Seth Fairweather, Dahrl Thomson, Ed Pogue, Ryoichi Suzuki, Darl Thomas,and Kraig Varner. Ballet West Presents:
Beer & Ballet
SEPT. 7, BALLETWEST.ORG JEANNE WAGNER THEATRE ROSE WAGNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Ballet West presents their annual Beer and Ballet — a yearly event where balletomanes knock back bottles of Blue Moon then drink in the ballet dancers ballon about the stage. It’s a great time! Utah Arts Alliance Presents:
Urban Arts Festival
SEPT. 15–16, UTAHARTS.ORG/URBANARTS-FEST GALLIVAN CENTER
The Urban Arts Festival is the largest free community art event in Utah. It’s a two-day celebration of Salt Lake’s urban and artistic culture for the community, art lovers, and families. The festival features artists, music, dance performance, automotive arts, projection art, virtual reality and new media arts, street basketball league, fashion, live street art and mural painting displays, and more. Utah Repertory Theatre Company Presents:
Afterglow
SEPT. 21–OCT. 7, UTAHREP.ORG BLACK BOX THEATER SORENSON UNITY CENTER
A Gallery / Allen+Alan Fine Art Presents:
Ryan Ruehlen: Georythymic Drift Music
Sculpture
Ryan Wade Ruehlen’s Georhythmic Drift Music project is part of his research on deep listening.
1321 S. 2100 East, SLC View and procure dynamic three-dimensional works by some of the regions most
AUG. 17–NOV. 3, UTAHMOCA.ORG CODEC GALLERY UMOCA
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AUG. 31–SEPT. 29 (ARTISTS RECEPTION SEPT. 21), AGALLERYONLINE.COM
Afterglow is a raw, one-act play exploring the emotional, intellectual, and physical connections between three men and the broader implications within their relationships. Josh and Alex, a married couple in an open relationship, invite Darius one night to share their bed. When a new intimate connection begins to form, the three men must come to terms with their definitions of love, loyalty, and trust as futures are questioned, relationships are shaken, and commitments are challenged.
